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CARL DUISBERG, OF ELBERFELD, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FARBEN- FABRIKEN,VORMALS FR. BAYER & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

TETRAZO BLUE DYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,371, dated June'7', 1892.

Application filed July 16, 1891. Serial No. 399.695. (Specimens)Patented in Germany November 19, 1885, No. 40,247; in England November24, 1885, No. 1 1,424; in France December 19, 1885, No. 173,042; inAustria-Hungary May '7, 1886, No. 20,062 and No. 48,178, and in ItalyJune 30, 1886, Nos. 89/329.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL DUISBERG, doctor of philosophy, of Elberfeld,in the Empire of Germany, and assignor to the FARBENFAB- RIKEN, VORMALSFR. BAYER & 00., of Elberfeld, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Manufacture of a Tetrazo Dye- Stuff Derived fromDianisidine, (for which the aforesaid FARBENFABRIKEN, VORMALS FR. BAYER& CO., of Elberfeld, have already ob tained Letters Patent in Germany,No. 40,247, dated November 19, 1885; in England, No. 14,424, datedNovember 24, 1885; in France, No. 173,042, dated December 19,1885; inAustria-Hungary, No. 20,062 and N0. 48,17 8, dated May 7, 1886, and inItalyNos. 39/329, dated June 30, 1886,) of which the following is aspecification.

I give in the following a clear and exact description both of theproduction and of the qualities of my new dye-stuff.

My invention relates to the manufacture of a new blue-mixed tetrazocolor of the following formula:

ooI-I on O m-NZN C ,,H,SO Na I SC Na and which is prepared by combiningwith one molecular proportion of the tetrazo derivative of dianisidine(diamido-ortho-diphenoldimethylether) one molecular proportion of thebeta-naphtholdisulpho-aeid R, as referred to in Thorpes Dictionary ofApplied Chemistry, Vol. 2, page 680, 1891, and one molecular proportionof the alphanaphtholalphamonosulpho-acid (Cleve) that may be obtainedfrom the corresponding alpha-naphthylaminealphamonosulpho-acid,asreferred toinThorpes Dictionary of Applied Chemistry, September 2, 1891,Vol. 2, page 669.

As to the manufacture of my new dye-stuff, I proceed in the followingmanner: 24A kilos,

by weight, of dianisidine are dissolved in about three hundred andseventy-five liters of water and 18.8 kilos, by weight, of muriatic acidof the specific gravity 1.161. This solution, cooled by ice, is slowlymixed with a cold watery solution of fourteen kilos of sodium nitrite.The reddish-yellow solution of the tetrazo-diphenoldimethylether isthereupon introduced into the watery solution of 34.8 kilos, by weight,of the pure sodium salt of the above-mentionedbeta-naphtholdisulpho-acid R, and as the most practical method on theaddition of the soda salt of acetic acid, the formation of theintermediate product containing one molecule of the naphtholdisulpho-acid joined to one molecule of the tetrazo-ether is complete, themixture resulting is added to about twenty-seven kilos, by weight, ofthe sodium salt of alpha-naphtholalphamonosulpho-acid (Cleve) dissolvedin water advantageously, adding such a quantity of sodium carbonate thatthe liquid remains alkaline till the combination is finished.

The formation of the new dye-stuff is complete after about twenty-fourhours standing. In consequence of its insolubility in cold water itseparates almost perfectly, and therefore may directly be isolated byfiltering off.

The new coloring-matter, of course, is of the same molecular formula asthe product resulting by the combination of one molecular proportion oftetrazo-ortho-diphenoldimethylether with one molecular proportion ofbetanaphtholdisulpho-acid R and one molecular proportion ofalpha=naphtholalphamonosulpho-acid, (Neville-Winthen) but differs fromthe latter dye-stuff by containing as one component the isomericalpha-naphtholalphamonosulpho-acid (Cleve) instead of thealpha-naphtholalphamonosulpho-acid,(Neville- Winther.)

My new coloring-matter forms when it has been perfectly dried aviolet-black powder, is moderately soluble in cold, more easily in hotwater with violet-blue color, which is changed into blue-red by theaddition of alkalies. It is dissolved by soda-lye and ammonia with thesame blue-red color and by concentrated sulphuric acid with deep -bluecolor, from which solution, after the addition of water, a blueprecipitate is separated. It dyes nnmordanted cotton in baths onlycontaining common salt in shades with a little greener hue than theanalogous coloring-matter that is formed by coupling one molecule of thetetrazo compound of dianisidine with one molecule ofbeta-naphtholdisulpho-acid R and one molecule ofalpha-naphtholalphamonosulphoacid, (Neville-WVinther.)

Having thus exactly described my invention and in what manner it maymost practically be performed, that Which I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described new direct dyeing tetrazo dye-stuft having theformulae substantially as described and which is a violet-black powdersoluble in waterwith violet-blue color, that is reddened by alkalies andsoluble in CARL DUISBERG. \Vitnesses:

WM. DIESTEL, HUGO BREDDINGHAUS.

